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President mcrs Gives Detailed Fig
ures And Causes For Migration
To North And East
Atlanta.—Within the past three and
a half years, 228,938 negroes have mi
grated from Georgia to the North, ac
cording to figures Just compiled b'y
the Georgia Bankers association and
given out for publication.
This total is arrived at from a com
pilation of reports by counties re
cently secured by the association, and
as James S. Peters, president, points
out, is probably conservative, due to
thef aqt that it was gathered by bank
ers who are noted aB a class for that
characteristic.
During the first six months of 1923
77,600 negroes have left the state and,
for the same period, 29,613 while peo
ple have deserted the farms of Geor
gia, the figures show. As a result
of this exodus from the rural com
munities, the report continues, 46,-
674 farm dwellings in Georgia have
been left vacant, and estimating
thirty acres to the plow, there are
56,524 idle plows. Labor shortage on
the farms, as estimated by the same
questionnaire, was 70,843 on June 16.
LIMIT OF COUNTY «
TAX RATES URGED
BY W. A, WRIGHT
At Present They Can Rate What They
Please,. But State Does Not Ben
efit, He Says
lJ * Juicy Melons For July 4lh
Thomasvllle. — Georgia "water
melon” will have the right of way
during the week and all roads going
out of this section will carry this
Juicy product to the northern and
western markets. The crop is later
than usual this season and every
grower wants to get to market in
time for the Fourth of July markot.
A big "Tom Watson" melon from
Georgia soems to be considered a
part of the celebration of the Fourth
by the North, and the highest prices
for them are obtained for that cele
bration. Many a Georgia negro who
has migrated North will fool his
mouthi water when he sees one of
these watermelons from "down homo”
and he will do without many other
things in order to get one.
Bibb Legislators For Dry Repeal
Macon. Two of the legislators
from Bibb county will support the
Arnold bill, which has been drafted
for the repeal of the bone dry law
*n Georgia, it was reported here on
the eve of the departure of Ben J
Fowler, Nat a Winship aud Mrs
Viola Ross Napier, Bibb’s representa
tives to the general assembly. The
Arnold bill was announced shortly
after Governor A1 Smith, of New
York, signed the bill repealing New
York’s prohibition law. One of the
members of the legislature from Bibb
stated that he would support the bill
If it ever left the committee and was
i8sured of the support of one of the
other two members of the body front
Bibb.
Atlanta.—County tax ratee should be
limited, according to William A.
Wright, comptroller general of Georgia,
v ,:, o in his report to Governor Hard-
flick recently, reviewed the situation
exhaustively. /
“While the elate tax rate is limited
to five mills," the comptroller general
pointB out, "there is no limitation on
the rate which may be levied by coun
ties. Thus when additional revenue is
required by a county, the tax rate 1b
increased, instead of the assessment of
the property. By this method the coun
ty raises the additional revenue need
ed without giving the state the benefit
of the slightest increase in revenue."
In his report for the fiscal year of
1922, Mr. Wright says:
"Jf this system is permitted to con
tinue, the state will be starved while
the counties can raise what they do
sire. If you will refer to table No.
1 of this report you will find that the
Average county rate in 1900 was 6.65
fnills, while in 1922 the average Was
14 mills, / ,i
"I am informed that a bill will be
introduced at the approaching session
of the legislature to limit the amount
of the county levy. I earnestly rec
ommend the passage of some legisla
tion looking to the correction of this
growing evil, in, order that the state
hmy receive its just and fair revenue
from ad valorem taxes.’’,
Comptroller Wright pointed out this
peculiar feature of Georgia’s tax sys
tem, which has. been the subject of
' much discussion both in and out of the
legislature in the past few yeajs, Up
ko the year 1903 the state tax rate was
not limited. The rate went up as ap-
jpropriations by the legislature did and
went down under the same pressure.
The limitation of the rate to five mills
had its effect of constantly cramping
state funds, Mr. Wright Bays.
Bavennah Speeder Killed In Aoeldent
. Savannah.—One of Savannah’s Sun
day speeders rode to his death here,
wpen E. Gordman, a second-class wa-
tep tender on the coast guard cutter
Yan\acraw lost control of a, motor
cycle which he was riding on one of
the couhty roads and fell headlong to
the paved roadway, fracturing ‘ * his
f n k . u1 } fr °*" whloh he died a few hours
mter. Witnesses state that the man
Was traveling at a rate of speed 'es’ti-
mated to be about 60 miles an hour
when the accident happened. The
man was a native of Woodruff S.
S'l J k6 oa h 8 moth0r resides.
He was 29 years of age and a veteran
of the world war.
Berry Students Earning Education
, Atlanta.—Chancellor David C. Bar-
[ ; row of the University of Georgia, In his
'jeommencement address at Berry
j :8chools, repeated the statement of Rob-
'ert E. Loe that "there is nothing so
1 military as work.” His words had
scarcely died away before 200 students
had made application for employment
\ at Berry) schools during the summer,
: which will enable/them to earn their
education for next term. Of this num-
, her the school was able to employ 176
i boys and girls. These students will
be given employment on the farm, In
j tbe kitchen, in the dormitories and in
i the sewing room, and will be credited
by the Berry schools with money to
cover their fees and tiiition for the next
year as well as boapd by that institu
tion.
Horses Battle In Bitter Duel
Savannah.—Prompted by some so-
cret caugo of bitterness known only
to the equine minds, two horses, both
attached to light wagons, engaged in
L. ft 4 tke corner of two business
Savannah, and so desper-
Jjlf; the Y «Sht that one was
killed. Frank Weaver owned the vic
torious duellist; Jack Blocker lost his
animal. The winner first bit the oth-
er animal on the neck so viciously
that it is said the spine waB broken,
and then not content with the death
bite with double results, the animal
stabbed and stamped the reeling loser
of the fight with iron Bhod hoofs?
Elaborate Program Planned For Elks
Atlanta.—Promising a succession of
spectacular events that perhaps will
eclipse anything else ever attempted In
the history of Atlanta as the Conven
tion City of the South the convention*
board of Atlanta Lodge, No. 78, Be
nevolent and Protective Order of Blkg,
has made pufyib a tentative program
that will be observed in the entertain
ment of the great convention that will
bring many thousands of members of
this order to Atlanta from the 9th to
the 14th of July, 1923.
After L °"fl Swch
Detroit, Mich.—John L. Whitfield,
aegro, wanted in Cleveland in connec-
l '°“ ‘»e more Mi
msted 31 of “ p ° llce “"> who had ar.
ested him, was captured here.
8oc,a "«‘ Assassinated
G J°n S p ai n.-Le 0n Meana, presi-
lent of the Socialist Society of Gijon
ivas assassinated recently. The idea-
•uy of the assassins is unknown.
May Throw Light On Murder Case
Savannah. What is believed evi-
dence that will eventually reveal that
,, “ l ”' de f,'' vas recently committeed In
stlH niK t °? d 0f an illlC,t Whl8k Y
Spit “ ear L-eyys Langing, s. C., was
reported discovered by W. T. Day en
forcement officer, and his men who
iinrf partlalIy burned rubbish
0d foimd a human skull and
the b case 68 ° fflcers arG working on
Revolt Is Spreading Over Bulgaria
Belgrade.—Refugees arriving Tzari-
br^d report that the "Yellow Guard"
counter revolution against Premier
Zanhoff is m f ull 8wlng> armed peas-
anfs fighting revolutionary units in
the steppes north Of Sofia. No con-
urination has been received of the
capture of ex-Premier Stamboulinsky.
deposed peasant leader; instead, he
is reported heading peasant guerrilla
hands totaling seven thousand men,
who, at last reports, were marching
upon Sofia. The situation is most
critical.
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C AHK h «, 8 K, "® d By Lightning Bolt
Abbeville.—struck by a bolt of
lightning recently .Joe Caruthers 60
was instantly killed. CurSro ’and
two companions were fishing on the
?- ul r rlVer ’ elght *Ues north of
Abbeviue and while standing under
a tree during a thundershower, light-
fling struck, the tree. One of Carufh
fa flpinpanions, Mose Cohen111
todly shocked but will recover.
Compromise Plan On Liquor
Washington.*—The government is’
understood to be wiljine to permit
foreign vessels to bring sealed liquor
supplies Into American ports provid-
ed an international agreement 1 , is
reached to extend the search and r
seizure limit to twelve miles. It has
not been disclosed how far the Wash-t
ington government has gone In *ap-
proaching foreign powers, whose ship*
ping is affected by the liquor bam
with its new proposal, nor has it yel
been made clear how the administra
tion would carry it through.
ME OVER
Jov^rdje^ enjoy „
jour v^cVti'ori?
Do Valera Declares Fair Play Laoklng
Dublin.—Eamonn do Valera, In a re
cent statement, says the people of
Ireland will not be called upon to de-
clde , b®^? 6 ? .the republic and the
Free State at the coining elections,
there being no chance of fair play
for the republicans. The republican
government, the statement says, would
issue no decree, but the republican
political party might present one can
didate in each constituency to enable
people to demonstrate .their choice. If
elected all such candidates would re
fuse to take the oath of allegiance to
a foreign king.
N. Y. Stook Exchange Member Falls
New York.—Kanuth, Nachod &
Kuhn$, member of the New York
stock exchanged, failed the other day.
The firm was admitted to the ex
change March 28, 1896, and did a large
business between this country and
Germany. It also engaged extensively
in commercial Investments of the for
eign exchange. An involuntary' bank
ruptcy petition filed In federal court
estimated liabilities at $ll,0p0,000, with
assets in securities of about the same
amount. M. S. .Borland was appoint
ed receiver under $50,000 bond.
Feeling For Mayor is Interrupted
New York;—"All :the 'world—hie—
loves lovers;’’ mused Harry Walker,
returning from a Brooklyn, Wedding
in the wee hours. Maybe, he figured,
Mayor Hylap would- Ma ’em, . too.
"Where’s the mayor live?” he asked
a flatbush cop. "Right behind you,
but don’t bother' him. Hizzoner’s
asleep,” said the bluecoat. Walker
made for the mayor's gate. The cop
made for Walker Reinforcements«
ten dollars.
Human Relations Urged By Rector
Athens.—Dr. John Howard Melish,
New York Episcopal minister, in deliv
ering the baccalaureate sermon to the
students df the University of Georgia,
was very emphatic in stating that un
less industrial leaders in our country
learn to humanize industrial relations
thefr own business, and the nation
itself, will be wrecked much sooner-
than we expect. Speaking to 200
members of the graduating class, he
appealed to the young men and worn-
en to learn that love, and love only,
will solve the problems in the U. S.
Pueelnl Announces Opera "Tura-ndot"
Rome, Italy,—The composer Pucci
ni recently announced that the score
of a three-apt, five-tableaux opera,
"Turandot-" will be completed in Oc
tober, being produced first at the
Scala theater in Milan and later at
x he Metropolitan opera house in New
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Costs In Oklahoma Fiood~Run High
Oklahoma City, Qkla.—Flood dam
age running into millions of dollars
*
was reported from northern Oklahoma
as a rush of water swept down from
southern Kansas to sweep the already
over-burdened streams. hundreds of
persons have been made hompless at
various points along, flood rivers but
there were no confirmed reports of loss
o| life. Train service throughout the
Btate has' been disrupted as the result
of the washing out of important main
line bridges both in northern and wes-
ten Oklahoma.
Drinking On ,Seas Has Its Difficulties
i.—Trs
London.—Try to figure out your li
quor needs for a week in advance—
your quota of cocktails, highballs,
wines and liquors—under the penalty
of losing the price of the lot if you
fail} to drink as much em you say you’re
i S° !D e to- * It can’t '«ie done, according
• t° Passengers and steamship clerks
who have been wrestling with the new
i! thlrst tickets”—a system instituted In
connection with the sailing of the
! White Star liner Majestic in an effort
to comply with the United States ship
-.liquor laws.
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